The letter to Philemon (and to the Christian community that meets in his house) is a challenging letter to re-interpret for the modern church. Why doesn't Paul rebuke slavery? Dr. Lewis Brogdon helps us understand the context of this short letter and drops a beautiful gem of an idea of why this letter should be taught in our churches today.
Dr. Brogdon is executive director of the Institute for Black Church Studies and the Associate Professor of Preaching and of Black Church Studies at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky. See his faculty page HERE.
Explore Dr. Brogdon's new Book The Bible in the Ashes of Social Chaos.
Read his study on Philemon in A Companion to Philemon.
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